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Pathology — PhD reading list.

The advanced references a doctoral scholar in Pathology works from, and what each one is for.

All 22 subjects
8Titles listed
5Worked right through
3–6 yrsProgramme length
12Coursework credits
The subject

Pathology as a research subject

ScopeHistopathology and cytopathology, molecular and immunopathology, haematopathology, tumour biology and diagnostic biomarker validation on archived and prospective tissue.
Who can registerMD Pathology, MSc Medical Pathology, MBBS; MSc biotechnology and life-science candidates for molecular pathology projects.
How you get inEither the fellowship route — CSIR-UGC NET, ICMR, DBT-BET, DST-INSPIRE — straight to interview, or the institute entrance test, half research methodology and half pathology.
CourseworkOne semester, at least 12 credits: research methodology and biostatistics, plus Research and Publication Ethics, before the research phase proper begins.
How this list is used

Reading for Pathology

Robbins is the book a pathology scholar is assumed to know cold before course work even starts, so PhD reading really begins with Rosai and Sternberg, which are the two multi-volume sets the department argues over at slide-review meetings. Henry's covers the laboratory-medicine half of the syllabus and is what the comprehensive's clinical-pathology questions are answered from. Thesis work almost always involves tissue, which makes Bancroft's the volume that dictates the fixation, sectioning and staining wording in the methods chapter, and the WHO blue books the authority that any tumour classification in the results has to match. The department copies are the Rosai and the Sternberg set in the reporting room, and the Bancroft's that never leaves the histopathology lab.

Titles are tagged core reading — the ones scholars work right through — or reference, the ones they look things up in. Editions are given where the current edition is what you want to buy.

  1. Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Diseasecore readingVinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas and Jon C. Aster (eds.) · Elsevier · 10th edition (2020)The mechanism baseline assumed in every seminar; re-read for the general pathology half of the comprehensive.
  2. Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathologycore readingJohn R. Goldblum, Laura W. Lamps, Jesse K. McKenney and Jeffrey L. Myers (eds.) · Elsevier · 11th edition (2017)The two-volume set consulted for diagnostic criteria and differentials when the thesis is built on archived cases.
  3. Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathologycore readingStacey E. Mills and others (eds.) · Wolters KluwerThe second diagnostic reference read against Rosai when a case in the study series is contested.
  4. Wintrobe's Clinical Hematologycore readingJohn P. Greer and others (eds.) · Wolters KluwerThe haematology reference for marrow, cytometry and coagulation chapters of a haematopathology thesis.
  5. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methodscore readingRichard A. McPherson and Matthew R. Pincus (eds.) · Elsevier · 24th edition (2021)Covers the laboratory-medicine side of the syllabus and the quality-control section of the methods chapter.
  6. Bancroft's Theory and Practice of Histological TechniquesreferenceS. Kim Suvarna, Christopher Layton and John D. Bancroft (eds.) · Elsevier · 8th edition (2018)The methods volume that fixes how every stain, block and section in the thesis is described and defended.
  7. WHO Classification of TumoursreferenceInternational Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) · IARC / World Health OrganizationThe blue books whose current volume for the organ system decides how tumours in the results are named and graded.
  8. Gattuso's Differential Diagnosis in Surgical PathologyreferenceVijaya B. Reddy and others (eds.) · Elsevier · 4th edition (2021)The differential-diagnosis workhorse used at the microscope while cases for a series are being screened.

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Alongside the subject list

The two lists every scholar also needs

Whatever the subject, the coursework semester is examined on research methodology, biostatistics and publication ethics, and the bench work runs on a handful of protocol volumes. Both lists are kept separately so you are not buying them twice.

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Frequently asked

PhD Pathology — questions

Which books does a PhD scholar in Pathology read?

The 8 titles on this page, of which 5 are worked right through and the rest are kept as references. Most scholars own two or three and use the department copy for the others.

Who can register for a PhD in Pathology?

MD Pathology, MSc Medical Pathology, MBBS; MSc biotechnology and life-science candidates for molecular pathology projects.

What does a PhD in Pathology cover?

Histopathology and cytopathology, molecular and immunopathology, haematopathology, tumour biology and diagnostic biomarker validation on archived and prospective tissue.

Is the coursework examined?

Yes. One semester of at least 12 credits, assessed before the research phase begins, covering research methodology, biostatistics and Research and Publication Ethics.

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